Tennis Blog

After testing the Babolat Pure Drive tennis racquet, I must say this racquet is worth every cent. My friend works at a tennis retail shop and she got permission from the owner for me to borrow the racquet for a quick demo at the nearby tennis court. For some time, I had been trying…

When my friend whom I review racquets for handed me this racquet I started to tell him that I had already reviewed it. As much as I like being compensated in the free enterprise system it seems a little sketchy to be paid twice for doing the same work once. Then I realized that the racquet was…

More and more I have noticed motorcyclists with a couple of racquet heads sticking out of their backpacks; I hope they know that they make tennis backpacks with them in mind. The last time I saw a couple of racquets speeding down the freeway, I tore my eyes…

This racquet is a cautionary tale about heroes (and heroines) and how players should not buy equipment, or even consider equipment because of who plays with it. I have always really liked Tomas Berdych. Two years ago I sat about five rows back on an outside court the first weekend of the US Open and watched him and Fernando Gonzales hit every ball as hard as they could for over two hours. It was a truly fun match…

As if holding a current ranking as the WTA world No. 2 wasn’t enough. Maria Sharapova released a new line of Head tennis bags for women who want their style with function. The Sharapova Combi and the Sharapova Court are all black…

When it comes to politics and tennis games, I am a moderate. Neither one has ever been a personal passion. Every now and then I talk politics with my circle of friends and play a couple of tennis games, but not necessarily in that order. That is why I really do not need…

My aspirations of becoming the next Novak Djokovic disappeared with Milli Vanilli's musical career. Even though I play at the lowest level of competition known to mankind, I have always preferred the higher end Wilson tennis bags…

Dunlop has introduced some new tennis products recently, including a variety of tennis strings. One of those strings, “Juice”, was made available to me by the folks at “DO IT TENNIS” for a play-test. Dunlop Juice is a premium mono-filament polyester string with a pentagonal profile. I used a 100” 22mm beam racquet for this test…